(Click on any image to be taken to the gallery in which it is featured)]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)ArtisticFeaturedhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/new-and-featured-workThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTQuiet Impermanencehttp://www.warrenfournier.com/quietimpermanence
]]>Our inner dialogue of emotions, feelings and thoughts are a constant of which we are rarely conscious of - they affect us & shape us, as and when they appear.

These rhythms of the anima are a part of us - they are latent and we rarely note their coming and passing - they are in constant flux and so in turn are we. They are quite literally a quiet impermanence.

2016]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)AbstractsArtisticAmatushttp://www.warrenfournier.com/amatusThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTNon Sequiturhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/non-sequitur
]]>An ongoing project to catalogue the images that defy my own classification - one-off images or ones that failed to make project, but had significance to myself and visual interest for the viewer.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)TraditionalArtisticNon Sequiturhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/non-sequiturThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTSubject(ive)http://www.warrenfournier.com/subject-ive
]]>An open-ended project documenting various subjects I come into contact with, be they known or strange to me. The images are mostly candid shots, although not exclusively so - the idea being to capture a more natural portrait, one devoid of pretense, forced gaze or emotion.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)PortraitsPeopleSubject(ive)http://www.warrenfournier.com/subject-iveThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTLight-Blind & Blemishedhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/light-blind
]]>‘Truth via reflex, understanding through reflection.’

This statement distils the work undertaken in Light-Blind & Blemished into its most potent essence, that of a reflective and reflexive body of work suggestive of the inner most self - the process of self-edification and of understanding – it is a series of inward facing self-portraits if you will.

Visually the project alludes to the struggle to understand - there is a distinct sense of momentum and adversely, visual impediment – a visual analogy of that struggle. Within each image there is a bruised, murky noisiness suggestive of past ignorance or of the long forgotten, in turn this edges toward detail that is fine and precise - the true and absolute, which in turn brings us to areas that are entirely burnt, hidden by the abundance of light - areas indicating the boundary of one’s knowledge; of things yet to be discovered. These images are equally bright and delicate with an opaque painterly quality while also being muddily abstruse; at once uplifting and melancholic. The liminal and dream-like quality are abstract in nature and an attempt to offer a visual puzzle and a confusion of sorts - an obfuscation of the inner struggle. The images challenge what can be seen and perceived proffering an enticement to consider and reflect further. Furthermore, the images can act as catalysts for day-dreaming and navel-gazing and another means of self-examination & reflection.

Light-Blind & Blemished visually portrays a reflexive & reflective process, a means of divining and of coping; it a very personal work but hopefully not without wider relevance to the viewer. The intention of the images is to provoke investigation and self-reflection, memory and day-dream - to recollect, scan, resolve and endure.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)AbstractsArtisticLight-Blind & Blemishedhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/light-blindThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTWho Am I?http://www.warrenfournier.com/who-am-i
]]>'Who am I?'

A question as a starting point for a narrative series, it places a context upon the images; visual ‘clues’ that lead to a possible answer.

The images, have a self-reflective quality to them something which might not have the same significance to the viewer as they do to myself; beyond any obvious visual cues. For the purpose of context and to perhaps stir something within the viewer, each work is titled as a journal entry and along with the fonal disseminated work - presented as a vernacular style photobox - features accompanying text as a means to drive the narrative and provide context.

The images are an attempt to capture ‘lost moments’ during navel-gazing or day-dreaming, where upon you ‘wake’ to find yourself staring at an object or scene in which you were lost. These objects and scenes have significance as memory-markers, keys to events both small and significant in my life and it is these keys that help unlock the question, Who Am I?]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)MetaphorsArtisticWho Am I?http://www.warrenfournier.com/who-am-iThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTApproaching Silence (Emergence)http://www.warrenfournier.com/approaching-silence
]]>Approaching Silence (Emergence)

A series of images bringing to light the sense of limbo that a dark emotional state brings about, the search for a way out and an implied emergence into light & peace.

The title of the work reflects a need to move away from darkness and the buzzing noise of self-doubt, to the peace and quiescent thoughts associated with light – Making the move towards the light and peace was to approach silence. Seen as a whole this series of seven images is very much a personal piece of work and something that others may be able to relate to. As individual pieces they work purely on an aesthetic level, although they still work as intended when given context. In many ways I wanted something that would offer an anchor for an audience to empathise with and relate to.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)MetaphorsArtisticApproaching Silence (Emergence)http://www.warrenfournier.com/approaching-silenceThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTPortfoliohttp://www.warrenfournier.com/portfolio
]]>New and recent work.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)ArtisticPortfoliohttp://www.warrenfournier.com/portfolioThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTSome Misunderstanding (2013)http://www.warrenfournier.com/some-misunderstanding-castlefield-gallery
]]>Launch Pad: Some Misunderstanding [on Mondegreens and Pareidolias]

These images feature various performances at the festival site of MediaCity UK. The images were taken over the three days of the festival.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)PerformancesLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Performancehttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_performanceThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Journalism Awardshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_journalism
]]>Images from the final year BA Journalism Award show 2014. Held at MediaCityUK, Salford. Undertaken as part of an intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Special EventsLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Journalism Awardshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_journalismThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Fine Art Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_fine_art
]]>Images taken as part of a paid intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

These images feature the University of Salford's various Photography students degree show at MediaCity UK. The images were taken over the three days of the festival and describe a candid overview of the spaces where the work was on show, the people that presented their work and those who came to view.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Special EventsLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Fine Art Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_fine_artThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Festival Concert Rehearsalshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_music
]]>Images taken as part of a paid intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

The images were taken over the three days of the festival and describe a candid overview of the spaces where the work was on show, the people that presented their work and those who came to view.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Special EventsLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Festival Concert Rehearsalshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_musicThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Fashion Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_fashion
]]>Images from the final year BA Fashion degree show 20124. Held at MediaCityUK, Salford. Undertaken as part of an intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

These images feature the University of Salford's various fashion students degree show at MediaCity UK. The images were taken over the three days of the festival and describe a candid overview of the spaces where the work was on show, the people that presented their work and those who came to view.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)FashionPeopleCreate Salford 2014 - Fashion Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_fashionThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTLiminal Faces, Liminal Spaces - Documenting a Thresholdhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/documenting_the_threshold
]]>Liminal Faces, Liminal Spaces (Documenting the Threshold)

A reflexive and reflective body of work examining the notions of liminality and thresholds regarding person and place. This body of work accompanied a dissertation which used Arnold Van Gennep's Theories on liminality in 'Rites de Passage' and also of those of Victor Turner who describes liminality as a "Betwixt & between" state.

“Van Gennep defined rites of passage as "rites which accompany every change of place, state, social position and age." He has shown that all rites of passage are marked by three phases: separation, margin (or limen, signifying "threshold" in Latin), and aggregation. The first phase (of separation) comprises symbolic behavior signifying the detachment of the individual or group from an earlier fixed point in the social structure. During the intervening liminal period, the characteristics of the ritual subject are ambiguous; he passes through a cultural realm that has none or few of the attributes of the past or coming state. In the third phase (reaggregation or reincorporation), the passage is consummated. The ritual subject is in a relatively stable state once more and by virtue of this, has rights and obligations vis-à-vis others of a clearly defined and structural type.” (Turner, Betwixt & Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage, 1964)

The series of images laid out in this gallery endeavours to show how liminality is present in a person - the subject of my series a child on the cusp of young adulthood - and how this manifests itself visually even though it might be perceived as invisible from a theoretical point of view. It also attempts to convey how the space in which the subject is occupying is also liminal in nature and that there is a duality at play both in the physical space in which the subject is occupying and in the metaphysical sense – the space in which the subject occupies within his social structure, something which is also in flux due the rite of passage experienced by the subject. Lastly, the series attempts to demonstrate visually the photographic series’ own liminality: from the nature of the captured image as a reflexive response to my own inherant memories and experiences of a similar rites of passage: and the one as a soon to be art graduate casting off my former occupations and limitations; to the to the visual rendering of the edited and disseminated work. ]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)BoysPortraitsPeopleLiminal Faces, Liminal Spaces - Documenting a Thresholdhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/documenting_the_thresholdThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTBBR - The Arctic Flow, Lost Wishes (Micro LP)http://www.warrenfournier.com/the-actic-flow-lost-wishes
]]>Photographic work undertaken for independant music label Box Bedroom Rebels. Officially listed as BBR#15, this limited edition micro LP features the work of The Arctic Flow and the Lost Wishes EP. The artwork brief was to create a feel of learning, self-reflection and quiet contemplation, many of the images were taken on location at John Ryland's Library in Manchester. This was my first collaboration with Box Bedroom Rebels and more are tentatively planned for future releases.

Photographic work: W Fournier Artwork and production: K Rolfe]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Black & WhiteArtisticBBR - The Arctic Flow, Lost Wishes (Micro LP)http://www.warrenfournier.com/the-actic-flow-lost-wishesThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTExhibited Work and Gallery Imageshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/the-mancunian-way-photo-festival-2014
]]>'The Nexus Art Café in Manchester's Northern Quarter Plays host to an exciting new photography exhibition - Mancunian Way. The exhibition features a selection of works by new & emerging Manchester based photographers, who have been inspired to pursue themes of & regarding MCR and how things are 'done the Mancunian way!' '

The exhibition took place at the Nexus Art cafe from the 23rd of June 2014 until the 10th August 2014 and the three images I submitted represented Manchester's keeness for the arts and all things cultural. The images offer an intimate and candid view of the regard for such art and the self-reflection and inwardness that it inspires.

Email :- themancunianwayphotofest@gmail.com]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)ArtisticExhibited Work and Gallery Imageshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/the-mancunian-way-photo-festival-2014Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTExhibition - Gallery of Imageshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/re-imaging-salford-galleries
]]>A selection of images from the 'Re-Imaging Salford' exhibition highlighting my contribution. Below is the rationale text I was asked to write for the exhibition.http:/​/​wfournierprofpracticeforphotocomms.​wordpress.​com/​

Re-imaging Salford is the newest exhibition within the Blue Stairs gallery at Salford Art Gallery & Museum and features the work of BA Photography students from the University of Salford.

Using archive photographs drawn from Salford Local History Library, students made use of these images as a starting point to rephotograph and interpret those areas today. The exhibition explores a theme of time passing, to document the subtle and not so subtle changes to Salford’s social, economic and industrial heritage. The images compare, contrast and thoughtfully interpret a Salford transformed, unchanged or long since vanished; together these images provoke memory and thoughtful reflection of Salford’s dynamic history and its path going forward.Year one students present their work in book form, while prints form the basis of year two students’ work.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 3rd May until Sunday 29 June in the Blue Stairs Gallery.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)ArtisticExhibition - Gallery of Imageshttp://www.warrenfournier.com/re-imaging-salford-galleriesThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTUpon the Threshold of a Liminal Spacehttp://www.warrenfournier.com/upon-the-threshold-of-a-liminal-space
]]>'The images do not concern themself with comparing old with new, as some rephotography projects do, but rather takes the past as a starting point to examine what is there now. In this case, a space formerly of social and economic use – the now defunct Adelphi Ironworks in Salford, UK., which is currently in a transitory phase as a temporary car park opposite the Adelphi Building, also featured in the image. This space is in a state of flux, it is on the threshold of becoming something else; but not yet. The idea of a threshold forms the basis for the concept of his work here, applying it to the way the image is seen and perceived – rendering the image to the point beyond which detail becomes too faint to be experienced. As such the image is ‘upon the threshold of a liminal space’ metaphorically and quite literally.' WF]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)BuildingsArchitecture and StructuresUpon the Threshold of a Liminal Spacehttp://www.warrenfournier.com/upon-the-threshold-of-a-liminal-spaceThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Set-up & Installationhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/salford-create-2014-set-up-and-installation
]]>Images taken as part of a paid intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

These images feature the set-up and installation of the students degree shows at MediaCity UK. The images were taken over the three days prior to the festival.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)FestivalsLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Set-up & Installationhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/salford-create-2014-set-up-and-installationThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Photography Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_photography
]]>Images taken as part of a paid intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

These images feature the University of Salford's various Photography students degree show at MediaCity UK. The images were taken over the three days of the festival and describe a candid overview of the spaces where the work was on show, the people that presented their work and those who came to view.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Special EventsLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Photography Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_photographyThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - B&W Assemblagehttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_bwassemblage
]]>Images taken as part of a paid intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

These images feature the University of Salford's various design students degree show. The images were taken over the three days of the festival and describe a candid overview of the spaces where the work was on show and the people that presented and those who came to view.

The images I have selected for this set are from the entire six days which I worked on the festival and feature some of my favourite images. For the set, I chose a black & white edit in order to highlight individuals, processes, emotions, moments, light and mood.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Black & WhiteArtisticCreate Salford 2014 - B&W Assemblagehttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_bwassemblageThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCreate Salford 2014 - Design Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_design
]]>Images taken as part of a paid intern commission for Salford Create Festival 2014 at the University of Salford's MediaCity UK Campus in Salford.

These images feature the University of Salford's various design students degree show. The images were taken over the three days of the festival and describe a candid overview of the spaces where the work was on show and the people that presented and those who came to view.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)Special EventsLifestyle and RecreationCreate Salford 2014 - Design Degree Showhttp://www.warrenfournier.com/create_salford_2014_designThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTBlack & White Assemblage.http://www.warrenfournier.com/james-moss-bw
]]>Photo-document (B&W) of the contemporary artist James Moss, preparing work for CUE: Art in Manchester 2013

http:/​/​www.​jamesmossart.​com/​]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)ProfessionsPeoplePreparations for Cue: Art in Manchester.http://www.warrenfournier.com/james-moss-cueThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAssemblage (B&W)http://www.warrenfournier.com/uhc-artworks-bw
]]>UHC.org & Artwork at Greengate http://artworkgreengate.co.uk/ Project documening the recently acquired building, spaces and people who use and work within the site at Greengate in Salford, Lancashire.

The images depict the re-purposing of the former Trident Lighting retail warehouse into studios, workspaces, galleries, resident artist workspaces and pods. The wider intent being to attract a diverse community of creatves and contributors that dovetail with the aims and purposes of both organisations.

The images contained within offer a document of the early stages of this, with the possibilty of further documents as the project grows and evolves.]]>warren.fournier@gmail.com (Warren Fournier)ProfessionsPeopleAssemblage (B&W)http://www.warrenfournier.com/uhc-artworks-bwThu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT